ذكرت ولم أذكر حقيقة ذكره

ولكن بداوي الحق تبدو فأنطق

I recalled though I did not recall the reality of remembering it

Yet with remedies of truth, meanings appear, so I utter

إذا ما بدا ذكر لذكر ذكرته

يغيبني عن ذكر ذكري فأغرق

When the mention of a mention appears, I remember it

It makes me absent from the mention of my mention, so I drown

وأغرق بالذكر الذي قد ذكرته

عن الذكر بالذكر الذي هو أسبق

And I drown in the mention I had remembered

From the mention, in the mention which is more longstanding